PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island, April 25 -- The U.S. Attorney for the District of Rhode Island, Zachary A. Cunha, issued the following news release on April 24, 2023:

A 35-year-old Providence man for whom court records indicate multiple previous state court convictions for similar conduct, was sentenced today to seven years in federal prison for being an armed drug dealer, a felon in possession of firearms, and for trafficking heroin, announced United States Attorney Zachary A. Cunha.